Category Ethics & Society

Discussions on the ethical implications and societal impact of AI.

AI Agents Learned to Hide Their Blackjack Cheats — and That’s the Real Warning

AI agents secretly coordinated in a blackjack test, raising new concerns about collusion, detection, and safety across real-world industries.

A Vatican AI adviser warns that AI governance is being shaped by a few powerful labs, not the public, as superintelligence fears grow.

Anthropic says Claude made a new enzyme-system discovery in its biolab, highlighting AI’s growing role in science and drug discovery.

California is boosting data center transparency with new rules on water, electricity and grid costs as AI infrastructure expands.

AI worry is rising even among daily users, a Gallup survey finds, with Americans among the most anxious about the technology.

Sanders and Casar’s AI superintelligence bill would ban dangerous frontier models and impose up to 20 years in prison.

StrictlyVC at Disrupt 2026 will examine how venture capital is changing, from IPOs and family offices to LP strategy and AI-driven scaling.

AT&T’s AI overhaul is cutting jobs, retiring copper networks, and reshaping the telecom giant around fiber, wireless, and automation.

Greece’s prime minister warned that AI regulation is lagging while pitching his country as a rising hub for startups, data centers and research.

TechCrunch’s Founder Summit comes to Boston on November 4 with sessions on fundraising, hiring, product-market fit and AI strategy.